Tim Worstall

T-Shit

I wonder, just what is a T-shit?

The most common t-shit of the day belonged to the ordinary people of Kibera…

Is it something to do with Mark Oaten?

As to the substance of the piece Sasha Simic doesn’t have a clue what he’s talking about:

While waiting for the demo I got talking to a local. A peasant from the
eastern province, the land he worked was bought up by a conglomerate
with the help of corrupt MP’s and shortly afterwards all the peasants
that worked the land were cleared off it. He came to Nairobi to find
work and ended up in Kibera. It’s a story as old as capitalism.

Capitalism rests on a secure set of property rights. Without those it doesn’t work. What you’ve got there is an absence of property rights so whatever is going on there it ain’t capitalism.

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  1. Marcin Avatar
    Marcin

    Capitalism depends on a system of secure property rights for capitalists. Peasants? Not so much.

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  2. Kit Avatar
    Kit

    Marcin, peasants are capitalist too.
    Your statement should have read:
    “Capitalism depends on a system of secure property rights for everyone. Socialism? Not so much.”

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  3. Neil Craig Avatar
    Neil Craig

    It may well be that there were secure property rights they were just in the hands of landlords not peasants. This isthe history of the enclosure & of the Highland Clearances & it is capitalism.
    Don’t get to the point so many socialists do who say socialism has never produed disasters because all the disasters weren’t really socialism.

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  4. dearieme Avatar
    dearieme

    It’s pretty common for tenants not to have secure property rights for the reason that it ain’t their property. They should be able to expect that their tenancy rights are enforced, though.

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  5. jocko homo is devo Avatar
    jocko homo is devo

    From the comments:
    “Sasha Simic
    I have a friend how as been working for Feed The Children’s out in Kibera for two years. I will not tell you want she thinks of this great event you describe as all those swear words mean that that it would never get on the blog. So let just say that for a fraction of the money you and your friends spent making yourself feel self-righteous they could have done a lot of good work. She walks the walk and you talk the talk so you deicide how is really doing most for the poor of the world. Still never mind as long as you prove your leftist credentials that�s all that matters its it.
    Excuse me well I am sick Sasha ”
    Someone seems to know what t-shit is.

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